more than two dust organizations receive grant money from the Arizona department of education and who received the money and why next on Arizona horizon.

Good evening and welcome to Arizona horizon.

This was supposed to be the day that title 42 came to an end and title 42 is a health order implemented by the Trump Administration that restricts the migrants, including asylum seekers and the Biden Administration announced that the hell health order was supposed to be put to an end, but a federal judge blocked this by the government.

The Tucson mayor agrees with the judge's decision.

>> They're resuming as usual and why should we continue using a public health tool on the border?

I think what in the long-term what needs to happen is that Congress has to act on the responsibility to fix the broken immigration.

>> Ted: She has been in contact with the White House if and when title 42 goes away.

>> This is not our first rodeo.

For Tucson, we have been on the front lines of receiving asylum seekers and we have a system in place with the Pima county government and what I did see to the administration, we need the resources necessary for local governments and nonprofits to be able to provide what we node how need to know to provide.

>> Ted: State prisoners with not present new evidence in federal court that supports a claim that state court was in effective.

The high court made it difficult to argue that their legal counsel failed to pursue.

It was split along lines with justice S S sotomayor was that it was reduced to rubble.

They said, quote, those who conceived this war want to remain in power forever and they are willing to sacrifice as many lives as it takes.

The veteran diplomat is in Switzerland and they have to plans to return to Moscow citeing concerns over Russia's response to the nation.

>> More than two dozen organizations in the state will receive two million dollars in support and how the funds will be used we welcome Kathy Hoffman and thank you for joining us.

This is money from the rescue plan.

>> Correct.

>> Ted: How many?

>> 27, and keep an eye out.

This is not a done deal.

>> Ted: This is ranging for -- I'm seeing literacy, stem education, physical and mental health and covers the gamut here.

>> These are from the American rescue plan funds Covid relief funds and back in the fall of a21, weof '21, there was a task force of teachers, community leaders to talk about what should be the priorities by the department of education for these federal funds.

And so, then, we created a grant process which was launched at the end of last year and over 140 entities apply for the funds and now what you're seeing is the awardees helping to built capacity of the schools to go above and beyond what our schools are able to provide to students.

>> Ted: The primary was focus was what, those who need help especially because of the pandemic?

>> That's part of it and the big goal set by the tax force was we need to accelerate learning and Arizona and that's why you're seeing investments in stem and literacy and Civics and special education and mental and physical well-being and everything that goes above and beyond what's happening in our classrooms and we put a special focus on math because we did see, as well, in our assessment data last school year, that Arizona students fell further behind in math than other areas and we try to cover ground in a lot of areas and the whole focus accelerating, learning and supporting student's well-being.

>> Ted: Ten million dollars for the stem project and the valley of the sun united way to create literary hub for summer and is that getting kids caught up?

>> To accelerate the learning and build on what's happening in their schools and the Federal Government did mandate these funds must be used to supplement learning, as well as before and after-school programs and build upon our student's typical education programs.

>> Ted: When you get the money from the feds, what do they say as far as guidelines?

>> In terms of these funds, it has been fairly flexible that the feds did give the states a lot of authority in making these determinations so, for example, we have made past investments in areas like adding school counselor ands other in our schools and we've been able to work with our other post secondary like ASU for math momentum and accelerating student learning and math and so the feds have been pretty flexible in how it's allocated which is why it was important to have a rigorous grant application to make the best ideas on the table.

>> Ted: That must have been something, huh?

>> It was.

>> Ted: They received for kids in low income communities and what kind of aatabilityaccountable comes withaccountabilitycomes with this?

>> That every dollar is accounted for and required to report that back-up to the U.S. department of education.

They had to demonstrate that they were proposing an evidence-based program so they had to submit to us the evidence or research that supported why their program would be effective here in Arizona.

>> Ted: Center for the future of Arizona and we have those folks on, 6.$2 million for a readiness program and learning about democracy and talk about that one.

>> Were all want our kids learn about democratic process and Civics and bringing community members to the table and then the focus is on specific careers identified as a high-need career path such as IT, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, so some of the high need career paths and bringing industry and the students and educators to build a sustainable pathway to work on together.

>> Ted: As well, valley of the sun for physical and behavioral health needs and sometimes that gets lost, doesn't it?

>> It does and having the implemental funds is critical and I hear from the local students all of the time about how they acts ask for more mental health and worried about their peers who have experienced trauma over the past couple of years and some lost parents to Covid and some have died by suicide and there's been a lot of tragedy over the last couple of years and making sure that our schools have the mental health professionals on site to support the students.

>> Ted: We'll do a Covid update tomorrow with will humble and there's an increase around the country of Covid cases.

Are we prepared now for the next school year and what could possibly happen?

>> We definitely are.

After having multiple surges over the past couple of years and the last surge, last January with the omicron, our schools have shown that they can continue with in-person learning, even despite the public health crisis and it takes everyone working together and I known principals and superintendents who substitute taught because the teacher was out sick or they're driving or buses and so our school leaders and educators and teachers have gone above and beyond, but everyone with the focus on we need to keep our schools open for in-person learning.

>> Ted: Kathy Hoffman, good information and good to have you.

>> Thank you.

>> Ted: Up next, what the latest ethic's investigation of Wendy Rogers says about Arizona's political climate.

State senator Wendy Rogers facing an ethic's investigation after commenting on social media that the massacre in buffalo, New York, may have, that the gunman may have been a federal agent.

Here is Chuck Coughlin.

Before we get to the Wendy Rogers affair, last week's elections around the country, what kind of signals were Septembers upsentup there?

>> The one I took away from that, the republican party is deeply divided.

You saw many of trump's candidates succeed, but in instances where they got 30, 35% of the vote and it seems to cap out right around in that area and so, if we have a very multiple candidate field, where candidates are drawing other portions of the electorate apart, it gives that candidate a shot and places like you think in Georgia, today, you're going to see, I think, governor Kemp walk away with that election and so that will be interesting to watch and it's not clear that, you know, there's a one size fits all policy and the party defining itself away from the former president.

>> Ted: We have Wendy Rogers with us and the senate looking into an ethic's investigation and what do you make of all of this?

>> You know, it's part and parcel of the times we live in and the Twittersphere and the knee-jerk reactions and saying foolish things and certainly one of them, whether she posted it or somebody posted it, it's her Twitter feed and it's an embarrassment to the institution.

The majority leader made the motion because of that, to have this type of exercise go on.

I think this is the right thing to do and the right thing to have a discussion down there about the decore Rum decorum of the body.

Last night, speaker bowers, and the best of times and the worst of times and his remarks were so moving during that episode.

>> Ted: They were.

>> We have to go through struggles to define ourselves and that's what's going on.

>> Ted: We talked about the election last week, Madison Hawthorne, and Kari lake got an endorsement.

Is there a lot there?

>> Not a lot and started it with superior name I.D.

and she's been in people's living rooms, particular on a fox news station for 20 years and she started that and she got an early trumpen endorsement.

People want to see what else you bring to the table.

I haven't seen her number continue to grow.

>> Ted: The time forIt's time for the rise of the new right and dark Maga to take command and does that thing resonate with a significant part of the republican party?

>> No.

I think it resonates with that faction of the republican party.

We've been around a long time and we've seen this come and go over periods and we have experienced the impeachment of an Arizona governor at one point in time and so, we've seen that happen here in Arizona, but it's the nature of the dialogue today with the twittersphere, the Facebook posts, the condensed media cycle, where we all end up following the same rabbits and the same over the hill and you're hungry for a different narrative.

>> Ted: The replacement therapy in the buffalo massacre and that's on fox news and tucker Carlson has been a champion of this for awhile and I don't know if he still is.

Again, how does the establishment, if you will, of the republican party, handle that kind of stuff?

>> You know, if there is an establishment.

It's not really established, what the establishment of the republican party is.

YouYou know, there's the republican committee and trump is a separate organization from that.

You have organizations like club for growth and the free enterprise club and the other dark money organizations that Americans for prosperity, so there's all of these little different spaces of narrative that happens.

I read a great book called nonzero, and really what it talks about the time we're in.

We're going through massive amounts of change and stress with Covid, globalization of the economy, a bringing together of the world, which creates all of these front-door conflicts.

It's normal political process is unattractive, as that is, to see what happens here.

But eventually, it work itself out.

This is difficult, but, you know, the people who articulate ways of creating a big pie and more opportunity.

You had Kathy Hoffman on as a person who does that.

Those kind of people will be a definition of the future.

>> Ted: Before we go, running out of time, but we were hearing that governor Ducey might be on the QT along with other governors around and other establishment of republicans working to keep the trump faction from taking over much more of the party.

You think it's going to be successful?

>> I think it's a war and I think it's a combat and political combat.

Mike Pence is going to Iowa and part of that expect and the governor is close with Mike Pence.

A great record.

And you'll have this active discussion about what that feels like and that's part of what politics is, which, you know, Robert Frost is, the best way out is going through and we'll go through this.

>> Ted: Thanks for joining us.

>> Great to see you.

[ ♪♪♪ ] >> Ted: Ballet's performance with the beauty of the Sonoran desert as a backdrop and we learn more about this unique production.

Mallory porter, good to have you.

>> Good to be here.

>> Ted: Round and evening at the botanical garden and what are we talking about?

>> Our last performance of this season and it is an spectacular contemporary abstract performance and this is more story-book and when eve Anderson, our artistic director pushes out contemporary moves and performed at the botanical garden who partners with us and we love that partnership and you can see the dance if our natural desert landscape.

>> Ted: This is such a wonderful place and exploring man's connection to nature I'm reading on the website and what does that mean?

>> A raw performance and minimal costumes and when you go in, you'll sit outside which is rare and we perform at symphony hall and anyone who attends is in a space at the botanical garden every year and you can watch the sunset as the dancers perform and you can really enjoy the beautiful landscape in the sunset as they begin their dance.

>> Ted: Is this a round stage?

>> This is a fantastic question.

This was originally all around the audience from every angle when it prepared in 2016 and this is reimagined and this is some of that choreography from 2016.

We switched it up this year and the first act will be a reimagining ofimagining from 2016.

We're bringing back a performance from 2004 called mosaic and this hasn't been seen at all since 2011 and more than a decade and that's the second half and it's very interesting.

>> Ted: As far as not having to round anymore, I thought there was another attraction to watch the dancers warm up and can you do that?

>> Better this year and desert botanical has Chuhille and you can get a $10 $10 admission and you can come early and see them and then take your seat and watch as the dancers warm up outside and get on stage as the sun sets.

>> Ted: How much of a character is the desert in this performance?

>> I mean, this is such a character and that's part of the reason why we didn't do the round stage because we wanted to make sure everyone could see that desert landscape in the background.

>> Ted: Interesting.

Modern ballet choreography, what does that mean?

[ Laughter ] >> Great question.

A lot of our performances are traditional performances like music and things that people have heard and choreographed work like Romeo and Juliet and this is different, but we know the story.

When it's contemporary or abstract, you can be immersed in the desert expect expect dance and the dance and make your own story.

>> Ted: Out in the desert and watching birds and no story going on and you're just enjoying nature and sometime kind of thing.

>> Absolutely.

>> Ted: Is it to reimagine something like ballet so steeped in history and how far can you reimagine ballet?

>> We push it to it limited and especially eve Anderson and anyone who came earlier in the season which we wrapped up and we are constantly trying to not only push ourselves as a company as far as diversity and culture, but this is where we can kind of experiment ourselves and the dancers and eve love it because it gived them freedom to try now moves in dance.

>> Ted: Is this done elsewhere in the woods up in Ohio or by the ocean in California?

Is this relatively new?

>> For us, this -- this is different for every company and opportunities for different companies to be able to have those contemporary experiences, but rarely is it like this where it's outside and focused on that landscape that we all know and love.

>> Ted: Back to the modern choreography thing and they're novices like me who will watch a ballet and go, I know I'm missing something and I don't know why.

Your advice for someone who might want to see this and more familiar with traditional ballet or distant know anything about ballet and how do you enjoy a performance?

>> By feeling and all about emotion and that's been so huge for us this season.

It doesn't matter whether it has no words in the music or in a different language or you don't know the story or just completely contemporary or abstract.

It's about feeling and emotion culscomes out of you.

It's open to interpretation and people don't know ballet and can't enjoy this and that's not it at all.

I'm not a professional painter, but I can go to an art museum and you can do that with ballet and it's for everyone and I think this is a great place to start out with ballet because it is, you know, in an area where you already know and love it at the botanical garden and brings in all of the elements that will invoke the emotion even easier how an actual stage.

>> Ted: If you like it, you like it.

Before you go Covid is playing a factor and talk to us about what's happening.

>> We're, of course, the utmost importance the health and safety of the dances and we had seven dancers contract Covid and we had an outbreak amongst our dancers and the first weekend, we had to cancel our performances, unfortunately, because not only do you not have dancer who can't perform but that the company is safe and we didn't get anymore cases and we are hoping to continue on the 24th and have two more weekends through June 2nd to see this wonderful performance.

>> Ted: Best of look to you and thank you for joining us.

>> Thank you for having me.

>> Ted: And that is it for now and I'm Ted Simons and thank you for joining us and you have a great evening!